Overview of the Science Program Editor

The science program editor is used to construct and view scienceprograms. It consists of five parts, identified in the image below:

Science program elements toolbar - Add new observations; add elements of observations such as instrument and telescope (target) configurations; add sequence iterator details; group observations. See a detailed description of the science program elements toolbar functions.

Science program viewer - Displays the observation details in a hierarchical tree structure. See more details about program manipulation and how the science program structure affects observation execution.

Menu bar - All command options are available from the menus in this bar. Open, delete, and close programs to the local database or to an XML file; cut, copy and paste program elements (also in the main tool bar), add new program elements (also in the science program elements toolbar); change the window layout. See more details about loading and saving files.

Detailed element editor - Configures a specific science program element such as the instrument configurations, target offset sequence etc. (see the element toolbar functions for links to the specific editors).

Problems tab - If the Phase II checker finds any problems with the observation or component then a tab entitled Problems appears on the right side of the detailed element editor. Clicking on this tab will open a new window with more details and suggestions. See the Phase II checker page for more information about how this functions.

Message bar -Messages about the program sync state, etc. are given here.

The layout of the science program editor may be modified from the View menu to toggle on/off the main and program element ("tree") toolbars and to display them as pictures, text or both.